Dark Skies – Discovering the Moon with Simon Holbeche (Chairman of Bath Astronomers)

It’s been there in the skies since the earliest history of the Earth. It has forged our landscape through tides and guided fauna from the seas to the shores and on to the land. It has provided light at night peaking every 4 weeks to synchronise natures clock. So as humans developed it is no surprise the Moon was engrained in culture and mysticism. The scientific study of the Moon commenced long before the telescope was invented but this is when our understanding of the Moon began to change. The talk will whisk you all the way to the modern day and challenge the next generations to resolve many remaining lunar conundrums.